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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Timo60 on October 27, 2019, 04:38:34 AM

Title: Can you please take out CleanUp and VPN from Internet Security when not bought?
Post by: Timo60 on October 27, 2019, 04:38:34 AM

Its annoying to receive "ads" in the UI of a purchased product when you didnt buy those features. Those ads can be seen as false advertisment because they suggest that Avast Internet Security has features like VPN or CleanUp (first they function and show results but to end the installation you have to pay). This is a bad way to trick your customers.

I have seen this the first time on an purchased security product (had ESET Internet Security before).

Why dont we have the chance to disable the topics which arent included in the purchase. They are useless entries which dont do anything.


Otherwise great product!

Title: Re: Can you please take out CleanUp and VPN from Internet Security when not bought?
Post by: Asyn on October 27, 2019, 07:03:41 AM

You can disable the ads in the paid versions: Avast GUI -> Settings -> Personal Privacy

Title: Re: Can you please take out CleanUp and VPN from Internet Security when not bought?
Post by: bob3160 on October 27, 2019, 02:43:34 PM

"Why dont we have the chance to disable the topics which arent included in the purchase. They are useless entries which dont do anything."
Use custom install instead of default and you can choose what to install and what not to install.

Title: Re: Can you please take out CleanUp and VPN from Internet Security when not bought?
Post by: Timo60 on October 27, 2019, 06:55:59 PM

Interesting - thank you both of you  ;D

Title: Re: Can you please take out CleanUp and VPN from Internet Security when not bought?
Post by: Pondus on October 27, 2019, 06:59:01 PM

Adding or removing Avast Antivirus program components
https://support.avast.com/en-us/article/Add-Remove-Antivirus-components

Title: Re: Can you please take out CleanUp and VPN from Internet Security when not bought?
Post by: Asyn on October 28, 2019, 05:16:09 AM

Quote from: Timo60 on October 27, 2019, 06:55:59 PM

Interesting - thank you both of you  ;D

You're welcome.